Rein-handle



C. H. GREEN. Rein Handle.

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Patented March 29,1881.

' Wrmassm N PETERS, PHOTO-LITMOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. 0 c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. GREEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RElN-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,488, dated March29, 1881.

- Application filed September 17, 1880. (No model.)

citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented an Improvement in Rein-Handles, of which the following isa specification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a rein-handle that it willpossess the necessary strength, will enable a firm hold to be taken uponthe reins, and can be readily applied or removed. These objects I attainin the manner which I will now proceed to describe, reference being hadto the accompanying drawin gs, in which Figure l is a perspective viewof a pair of reins furnished with my improved rein-handles, and Fig. 2aperspective view of one of the handles, illustrating the method ofconstructing the same.

In Fig. 1, A A represent a pair of reins, to each of which is attached ahandle comprising a buckle, Bgbaving a projecting stem, D, at the end ofwhich is a transverse bar,E, adapted to be grasped by one of the handsof the driver, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. By this means asecure hold upon the reins is assured, and the transverse bar orhand-piece E'is caused toproject from the buckle B to such an extentthat the fingers do not come into contact with said buckle or with therein to which it is adapted.

The bar E is constructed as shown in Fig. 2, on reference to which itwill be observed that the stem D of the buckle hasa T-head, a, formedthereon,and adapted for the reception of short tubes, Z), which meet inthe center and are notched for thereception of the stem D, the tubesbeing retained in place by means of nuts d, adapted to the threaded endsof the T-head of the stem. By this means the bar E is provided with acore integral with the stem D, so that the accidental separation of thebar from the stem is effectually guarded against.

The reins are occasionally furnished with buckles of such a size thatthey could not be passed through the buckle B, it the latter had theusual stationary pivot-bar for the tongue 6. Hence I make the pivot-barfdetachable laterally from its bearings in lugs g on the buckle, one endof the bar having a head, i, and the opposite end being threaded for thereception of a thumb-nut, m, whereby the bar is retained in position,but upon removing which the bar can be readily detached, as shown inFig. 2.

I am aware that rein-handles have heretofore been devised in whichbuckles were combined with padsto be grasped by the hands, and also thatbars adapted to be grasped by the hand have been combined with springclasps or clamps for the reins; but these lack the necessary strength,and do not permit that firm hold upon the reins which is the mainadvantage otmy improved rein-handle, and which is essential to safety.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a rein-handle, of thebuckle B, adapted to the rein, the transverse bar E, and the contractedconnecting-stem D, adapted to fit between the fingers, whereby the bar Ecan be grasped by one hand, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the buckle B, having a contracted stem, D, withthe bar E, the core a of which is integral with the stem D, asspecifled.

3. The combination of the buckle B and contracted stein D with the barE, comprising a core, a, integral with the stem D, the tubes b, adaptedto said core, and the retaining-nuts d, as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GHARL'ES H. GREEN.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES F. TOBIN, HARRY SMITH.

